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Hemp = American Independence.....AGAIN!

Hemp production seemed destined to increase dramatically in the 1930s, when an invention called the decorticator began getting wide attention. The decorticator strips the hemp fiber from the stalk. This had been the most labor-intensive and expensive part of producing hemp. The decorticator was to hemp what the cotton gin was to cotton.

The invention prompted a 1937 Popular Mechanics magazine to call hemp the "New Billion Dollar Crop"!

Mechanical Engineering magazine to call it "The Most Desirable Crop That Can Be Grown."

A hemp crop could be sold for at least $860 per acre. Since a hemp crop produces three different raw materials each year, the total value of hemp far exceeds other crops grown for a single material.

Hemp consists of three principal raw materials: fiber, seeds, and hurds. Hemp is principally grown for the bast fiber it produces from its stalk. However, the seeds and hurds are also important economically.


FIBER

The hemp stalk is composed of 20% fiber. Hemp is the strongest natural fiber in the world. It is valued for its strength and durability when used for textiles, cordage, and paper.


TEXTILES

The fiber can be made into any type of cloth, from the finest linen to the coarsest canvas. The word canvas comes from the Arabic word for hemp. Cloth made from hemp fiber is stronger, warmer, more durable, more absorbent, and softer than cotton.


CORDAGE

Hemp rope has been valued throughout history for its superior strength and resistance to deterioration in salt or fresh water.


PAPER

Paper made from hemp is known as the "archivist's perfect paper" because it lasts much longer than tree pulp paper and does not harden, crack, yellow, or crumble with age. Hemp fiber can be used to make every grade of paper.


HURDS

The hemp stalk is composed of 80% hurds. The hurds are the woody inner portion of the hemp stalk that are separated from the hemp fiber. The hurds are 50% - 77% cellulose, which makes them ideal for use in paper and plastic products.


PAPER

One acre of hemp hurds can make as much pulp for paper as four acres of trees. Hemp paper can be whitened without producing dioxins and lasts much longer than paper made from trees.


PARTICLE BOARD

Hemp hurds can be pressed and injected with phenolic resin to make a particle board that is resistant to fire and water. The board also makes a good insulation and thermal barrier.


PLASTIC

Plastics were first made from plant cellulose (i.e., cellophane, celluloid). The hemp hurd is one of the richest sources of plant cellulose, a building block of modern industry. Plastics made from hemp instead of petroleum would be biodegradable!!!


ANIMAL BEDDING

The hurds make an excellent animal bedding because they absorb more liquid and compost faster than wood shavings.


SEED

The hemp seed is composed of two raw materials: the seed oil and the seed cake.


SEED OIL

The hemp seed is composed of 30% oil.


FOOD

Hemp seed oil contains over 70% cholesterol-fighting essential fatty acids, the highest of any seed oil.


FUEL

Hemp seed oil can be chemically combined easily with 15% methanol to provide a premium diesel fuel substitute.

This hemp bio-diesel fuel burns 70% cleaner than petroleum diesel in soot and particulate pollution!


PAINTS and VARNISHES

Hemp seed oil dries quickly and leaves a thin elastic film.


LUBRICANT

Hemp seed oil makes an ideal all-purpose lubricant.


SEED CAKE

The seed cake is the solid part of the seeds that remains after the oil is expelled.


FOOD

Hemp seed cake makes a nutritional, high-protein supplement to wheat flour. It contains 25% protein.


WHOLE SEED

The whole hemp seed contains 20% high-quality digestible complete protein.


FOOD

The hemp seed can be eaten as a nutritious snack, like sunflower seeds.


BIRD FEED

Birds like hemp seed because of its nourishing, oily content.


Hemp is easy to grow. Hemp is an annual herbaceous crop that grows from 5 to 16 feet tall in a season of four months. It will grow in all 50 states. It is a good rotation crop. Hemp has long roots that penetrate and break the soil to leave it in perfect condition for the next crop.

Production costs for hemp would be considerably lower than cotton's.

Herbicides are not needed because fiber hemp is sown thickly and chokes out competing weeds.

Pesticide use is limited because hemp has few insect enemies.

Hundreds of entrepreneurs are now selling imported hemp products. However, they are stifled by high prices and uncertain availability since all of the hemp is imported from overseas. Demand for hemp products in the U.S. is enormous. Hemp clothing and accessories have become a fashion trend.

Tree-free hemp paper is also in demand. The market has a potential of as much as $15 to $30 billion a year.

Hemp production in Colorado [or anywhere else in the United States]would create new farming opportunities and make Colorado [United States] farmers competitive in the global market against countries that already grow hemp for fiber. It would also create thousands of processing and manufacturing jobs in such industries as textiles, plastics, pulp paper, energy, timber, construction, and food.

The retail market for tree-free paper and building materials, for biodegradable plastics, for soft and durable natural clothing, and for other hemp products has huge potential.

Hemp will be a profitable crop for farmers because of the volume of hemp each crop produces, the number of different products that can be made from hemp, and the demand for hemp products.

Not only is hemp profitable, but it is a desirable crop to grow for other reasons. Hemp is a renewable and sustainable resource.

It will help shift our economy away from dwindling non-renewable petroleum resources and help preserve our forest resources. Please re-read the last sentance. Then read it a few times to people you know!

Hemp is the strongest natural fiber. It has an extremely high cellulose content. It is biodegradable. It requires no herbicides to grow. It can be used to make paper, cloth, rope, particle board, plastic, paint, varnishes, linoleum, dynamite, fuel, food, and cardboard. It will create new jobs and make Colorado [the United States] competitive with other countries. It is the fiber of the 1990s [and of the 2000s, and of the 2010s, and so forth. HEMP IS TIMELESS!!!]

Copyright 1994 by The Boulder Hemp Initiative Project. All the facts contained herein have been compiled from the sources listed below and are true to the best of our knowledge.

Reproduction of this report is encouraged. We ask only that credit be given to the:

BOULDER HEMP INITIATIVE PROJECT
PO Box 729
Nederland CO 80466-0729
(303) 784-5632

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The Constitution was written on hemp paper.

Hemp is a sustainable source for paper. You can yield 4 times as much paper from an acre of hemp than from trees. Plus you can grow up to 3 crops in year while trees take 20 years to grow.

Hemp also makes strong fabric. Levi's jeans and ship sails used to be made of it. We got the word canvas from cannabis.

The many astounding uses for hemp fill several books. It is a sacred plant for more than just it's religious uses.


President George Washington grew hemp at his Mount Vernon home, praising it:

"Make the most of Industrial hemp seed and sow it everywhere"


"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."
~ President George Washington ~

"Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country!"
~ Thomas Jefferson, Industrial Hemp Farmer and President of the United States

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KEEP OUR COUNTRY STRONG LIKE A ROCK

Please support LOCALLY generated renewable energy and LOCALLY owned renewable energy systems (such as Hemp). Thank you.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, Plans to Prosper you and not to harm you, Plans to give you Hope and a Future.   Jeremiah 29:11


Tell Big Oil and Big Coal:
Let my people go.

Ron Paul's introduced H.R. 1009:
The Industrial Hemp Farming Act
Campaign for LIBERTY
http://hemp3000003.livejournal.com/762.html

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USDA World War II-era Poster asking Patriotic Citizens to
"Grow Hemp for the War."

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DVD:   Hemp for Victory Film
FREE Download
http://victorygard3610.livejournal.com/522.html

A USA government film made during World War II touting the virtues of hemp.
The film was aimed at farmers at a time when the military was facing a shortage of hemp. This short film shows how hemp is grown and processed into rope and other products.

The Hemp for Victory Film "disappeared" from the Library of Congress

And despite what's OBVIOUSLY the Marine Band playing "My Old Kentucky Home" our government attempted to deny the authenticity of this piece of history.

Such is the hysterical dishonesty of our neo-prohibitionist opponents when it comes to trying to convince the world that politicians are perfect, and that The Creator Of All Things somehow created "a mistake."
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book: Hemp For Victory, A Global Warming Solution; by Richard M. Davis
http://hemp3000017.livejournal.com/712.html
Book Preview:  books.google.com  amazon.com

WHY INDUSTRIAL HEMP
http://hemp3000004.livejournal.com/660.html


Ron Paul's introduced H.R. 1009:
The Industrial Hemp Farming Act
Campaign for LIBERTY
http://hemp3000003.livejournal.com/762.html

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, Plans to Prosper you and not to harm you, Plans to give you Hope and a Future.    Jeremiah 29:11


SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY training for WOMEN
http://ruth2teach.livejournal.com/593.html
http://lectra24.livejournal.com/1049.html
http://www.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com


Industrial Hemp 101
http://hemp101.livejournal.com/549.html

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American Wind Energy Association
http://www.awea.org